Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Justahannah]

Yes but I still loved my little goats. I am very certain that if a goat could steal your car keys, that the goat would drive to the nearest biker bar and tip the bikes over, then tell the bikers where you live. Even knowing this, I still love goats.

So true! My mom had neighbors with goats, and the goats would regularly hop the fence, trot up to my mom's place, then jump on her Harley and all over the hood of her car. Drove her absolutely nuts until butchering time. They are cute little bugger though

 

[LaughingFeather]

I take mine to auction and. Normally what I get for one bird I can take to Grocery and buy 2 birds
that are ready to go to cook.

Now I can live with that! Thanks. Solves a lot of problems.

 

[justbugged]

Quote: There is something about learning all about goats, sometime before the age of 5, in order to simply understand the true nature of goats.

I love goats, because they made my life a better place. I was allergic to cows milk, and goats milk is still a special thing. I am grateful that my parents got their goats, and kept them for as long as they did.

 

[beausonge]

Long time, no see! There's no way I'm going to even attempt to catch up on the hundreds of pages I've missed, but my condolences for the chickens lost. I disappeared to handle a crazy finals session last term, and then had aneven crazier holiday season assisting with some family health issues. But now I'm back home, back in school, and life is almost normal again. My birds are all doing well, and three of them even started laying mid-December (the red sexlink, the wyandotte, and the buff sussex)! Getting 1-3 eggs a day is pretty darn awesome when I thought I wouldn't get any til spring. Here are some pics of the bad girls: Also, we ended up taking in the puppy my sister rescued. Her name's Pearl, she's 3-4 months old, and after some research I'm beginning to think she's mostly Catahoula leopard dog. She matches up with all the descriptions I've read down to the super-webbed toes, but it's still just a guess since we don't know anything about her parents. We've only had her since the 1st, so we're having fun with housetraining, teething, and all-around obedience. She's good with the cats but a little too interested (in a playful way) in the ferrets and chickens, so I'm definitely open to tips on how to teach her to protect, not play with them, or at the very least, ignore them. She's pretty darn smart and eager to please, and I can get her attention back on me pretty easily, so I don't think it'll be impossible to teach her to be good around them. In the 9 days we've had her, I've already taught her that "Bedtime" means to go in the crate for the night, to listen to "sit", "down", and "drop it" a good portion of the time, and to go to the bathroom in one spot of the yard (except when she still makes a mess in the house ). She's already made so much progress in just a few days I think she'll be a wonderful girl soon enough, and she's a cuddler to boot when she's not in hyper-puppy mode.

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u Years ago I had a Rottweiler cross and we moved to a farm house with the owner's house across from us. She LOVED to catch mice, voles, moles etc. The owner had chickens and I knew if I didn't get her afraid of them - she would kill them. I read a very old dog training book and it used a "penny can" to scare dogs away from livestock,chickens, etc.. The "penny can" is the small round and flat metal can that hard candies come in. You put some pennies inside and then tape it shut. When you throw it it is silent in the air but makes a big racket when it hits it's target. You follow the dog and just as they start to go after the animal, bird, etc. you nail them with that can. It doesn't hurt them physically but boy! does it scare the **** out of them. They have no idea where it came from because it doesn't make noise until it hits them. I only had to do it twice with that dog and she stayed far away from chickens.

 

[justbugged]

Quote: It is hard to find any commercial outfit to process meat birds for a private party. It's also as been expensive. DH and I have been processing our own birds for the past 4 years. I have learned to do it myself. I don't like and neither does DH, but we can do it. There is something about knowing that you can do it if you had to. I will once again offer to teach anyone that want to learn how to this coming spring. I am going to get my meat birds in about March. I have found that www.schlechthatchery.com is the best place to buy my bird from. I know that you don't want to do the deed to you meat birds, but if you need to do it, DH and I will teach you how too. I am offering the class to anyone that wants to join from this thread for free. This year I am going to offer the class to the public also, but for a modest fee.

 

[justbugged]

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Years ago I had a Rottweiler cross and we moved to a farm house with the owner's house across from us. She LOVED to catch mice, voles, moles etc. The owner had chickens and I knew if I didn't get her afraid of them - she would kill them. I read a very old dog training book and it used a "penny can" to scare dogs away from livestock,chickens, etc.. The "penny can" is the small round and flat metal can that hard candies come in. You put some pennies inside and then tape it shut. When you throw it it is silent in the air but makes a big racket when it hits it's target. You follow the dog and just as they start to go after the animal, bird, etc. you nail them with that can. It doesn't hurt them physically but boy! does it scare the **** out of them. They have no idea where it came from because it doesn't make noise until it hits them. I only had to do it twice with that dog and she stayed far away from chickens.
What a great idea! (as I think about house training nasty little dogs)

 

[LaughingFeather]

Snow Drops from my CA garden this last year. You should have see my CA home. City home, everyone has manicured yards with lawns and cement. I have a forest, huge pine tree, ferns, woodland plants. Looks so out of place there but you can take the girl out of the woods but not the woods out of the girl. All the cats and kids in the neighborhood loved my yard. We just cut the pine tree down this last spring. Miss it but it was sick.

Snow Drops

 

[LaughingFeather]

It is hard to find any commercial outfit to process meat birds for a private party. It's also as been expensive. DH and I have been processing our own birds for the past 4 years. I have learned to do it myself. I don't like and neither does DH, but we can do it. There is something about knowing that you can do it if you had to. I will once again offer to teach anyone that want to learn how to this coming spring. I am going to get my meat birds in about March. I have found that www.schlechthatchery.com is the best place to buy my bird from. I know that you don't want to do the deed to you meat birds, but if you need to do it, DH and I will teach you how too. I am offering the class to anyone that wants to join from this thread for free. This year I am going to offer the class to the public also, but for a modest fee.

Wow, what a nice offer! Thank you. Even if I don't do it myself it would be nice to know how to do it. As a survival knowledge if nothing else. We had bunnies once long ago for food. It took only one round of butchering to make hubby realize he isn't a killer but a lover. You know, he quit hunting then also now that I think about it. Must have really bothered him I guess.

 

[LaughingFeather]

Long time, no see! There's no way I'm going to even attempt to catch up on the hundreds of pages I've missed, but my condolences for the chickens lost.

I disappeared to handle a crazy finals session last term, and then had an even crazier holiday season assisting with some family health issues. But now I'm back home, back in school, and life is almost normal again. My birds are all doing well, and three of them even started laying mid-December (the red sexlink, the wyandotte, and the buff sussex)! Getting 1-3 eggs a day is pretty darn awesome when I thought I wouldn't get any til spring. Here are some pics of the bad girls:









Also, we ended up taking in the puppy my sister rescued. Her name's Pearl, she's 3-4 months old, and after some research I'm beginning to think she's mostly Catahoula leopard dog. She matches up with all the descriptions I've read down to the super-webbed toes, but it's still just a guess since we don't know anything about her parents. We've only had her since the 1st, so we're having fun with housetraining, teething, and all-around obedience. She's good with the cats but a little too interested (in a playful way) in the ferrets and chickens, so I'm definitely open to tips on how to teach her to protect, not play with them, or at the very least, ignore them. She's pretty darn smart and eager to please, and I can get her attention back on me pretty easily, so I don't think it'll be impossible to teach her to be good around them. In the 9 days we've had her, I've already taught her that "Bedtime" means to go in the crate for the night, to listen to "sit", "down", and "drop it" a good portion of the time, and to go to the bathroom in one spot of the yard (except when she still makes a mess in the house

). She's already made so much progress in just a few days I think she'll be a wonderful girl soon enough, and she's a cuddler to boot when she's not in hyper-puppy mode.

Oh, so cute. Envy big time. Looks like she might have some Australian Cattle Dog in her. I am sorry though, I believe in the top dog principle. I was always head b*tch in my pack. I agree with the dog whisperer on this. They are just like any other animal that live in a group including chickens and humans. Someone is ultimate boss and knows it and will enforce it. It better be you. I have gone to friends homes who have little dogs that don't do what they say. What annoying, untrained creatures. Within minutes of being around me they are acting different. The corrective sound and touch work wonders and the attitude that I am head whatever.

Love your chickens, they look so much like mine. The beard on that one is so cute.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

FYI Paintball MARKERS are not regulated. you could use paintball to deter the cat. OR put the paint balls in the freezer. a well placed shot and problem solved !! DO NOT PLAY paint ball with frozen paint !!!!!

Paintballs won't freeze unless you put them in liquid CO2 or colder. The fish oils inside the balls keep them from freezing for just that purpose. I have been playing for over 12 years and a good friend owns a local paintball shop. If you can get a ball to freeze it will expand too much and not go through the barrel.

True they won't freeze solid but will get thick and hurt really bad. Also on most fields 300 fps is MAX. my marker I am hard pressed to get down to 300. yes I have a chrono and use it.
Sanctioned fields have to be below 300fps. Home fields it should be the same. Anything over that can and will break through the goggles. If you are having a hard time getting below 300 is your marker spring or gas driven bolt? Springs would have to be changed to a lighter strength spring(or cut down). Gas should be able to go down to 0. Do you mind telling me what brand marker? I have a lot of Spyder Markers and Tippmans as well, over $3000 worth. We are kinda into paintballing here, including my wife, she is real sneaky. I am glad to hear you have a chrono and use it. We have 2 hand helds and a rifle chrony.